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William D. O’Brien
Also published under: W. D. O'Brien, William D. O'Brien, W. D. O'Brien Jr, W. D. , Jr O'Brien, William O'Brien, William D. O'brien, W. O'Brien
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William D. O’Brien
Also published under: W. D. O'Brien, William D. O'Brien, W. D. O'Brien Jr, W. D. , Jr O'Brien, William O'Brien, William D. O'brien, W. O'Brien
Affiliation
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bioacoustics Research Laboratory
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Biography
William D. O'Brien Jr (S'64-M'70-SM'79-F'89-LF'08) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 1971 to 1975, he worked with the Bureau of Radiological Health (currently the Center for Devices and Radiological Health) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In 1975, he joined the faculty at the University of Illinois. He is currently Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Bio-acoustics Research Laboratory. His research interests involve the many areas of ultrasound-tissue interaction, including biological effects and quantitative ultrasound imaging, for which he has published 371 papers. Dr. O'Brien is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrica... Author's Published Works